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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the mother of the magician do to the family library?
(a) Sold it all off.
(b) Burned it when she was delirious and thought books were evil.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Donated the library to the London museum.

2. Altogether, what is the approximate number of women and children?
(a) 25 million.
(b) He has no idea.
(c) 11 million.
(d) 6 million.

3. What did Mayhew call the fact that many would rather starve than accept charity?
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Admirable.
(d) Stupid.

4. What puppeteer did Mayhew interview?
(a) His own brother.
(b) A former gentleman's footman.
(c) A friend who went to school with him when he was a boy.
(d) His own cousin.

5. What does the author say happens to a young girl lured away from home?
(a) She thought she was going to be a nanny.
(b) She thought she was going to get married.
(c) She was kidnapped into prostitution.
(d) She was wrongfully held by pimps until her father pays a hostage fee.

6. How did most street folk learn their trade?
(a) At special art schools.
(b) As apprentices.
(c) From their parents.
(d) Mostly self taught.

7. How long did he and his wife have to save to buy the camera?
(a) A year or two.
(b) Two months.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

8. What did the photographic man do before this job?
(a) Bar keeper.
(b) Singer.
(c) Banjo player.
(d) Bouncer.

9. To what may the discrepancy between the police estimate and Bishop Ryan's estimate be attributed?
(a) A difference in how each defines prostitution.
(b) The police would downplay it in order to not have to arrest so many women.
(c) Hemyng has no idea as to why there is such a discrepancy.
(d) Bishop Ryan would exaggerate in order to rile up the good Christian people.

10. How did Mayhew term the young men between 12 and 20 years old who had no job and loitered in the streets?
(a) Budding criminals.
(b) Rats.
(c) Lazy varmits.
(d) Unlucky stiffs.

11. What did 307 poor people do for the first time?
(a) Found a job.
(b) Attended church.
(c) Learned to read.
(d) Talked to a Priest.

12. What had recently become illegal in London?
(a) Tobacco use.
(b) Gerrymandering.
(c) Alcohol use.
(d) Pornography including obscene books and pictures.

13. What is another thing the London City Mission did?
(a) Told the police when there was crime in an area.
(b) Helped pregnant, unwed women.
(c) Encouraged residents to attend church.
(d) Watched that people were not taxed unfairly.

14. What happened to the young girl lured from home?
(a) She managed to escape and seeks refuge in a church.
(b) She quickly died of veneral disease.
(c) She encountered Hemyng who rescues her.
(d) She was never heard from again.

15. What did Hemyng say about the French woman?
(a) She was raped and murdered by a client.
(b) She was scarred forever by the disease of syphillis.
(c) She sold herself to support her and her husband with his knowledge.
(d) She lost her husband and children when he learned of her work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have many tried to do according to the narrator?

2. On the average, how many tracts did each person accept when they were being handed out?

3. What did Hemyng define as prostitution?

4. Whose son was the fire eater?

5. In what field did many performers get their start?

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